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8-10, with separate cells to the anthers, which taper upwards. 

 Fruit a berry crowned with the 5-toothed calyx. 



a. V. ova'tum Pursh.. Leaves evergreen, glossy, serrate, acute. 

 Flowers crowded in short clusters in the axils of the leaves and at 

 the ends of the branches. Corolla bell-shaped, pink. Stamens 10. 

 Berries dark blue or purple, edible. This is common in the Coast 

 Mountains from Monterey County to Oregon. 



b. V. parvifolium Smith. Stems much branched, with the 

 branches sharply angled. Leaves deciduous, oblong, entire, dull 

 green above, pale beneath. Corolla globular. Stamens 10. Anthers 

 with long tail-like appendages on the back. Bennies pale red, edible. 

 Northern California to Alaska. 



H. AR'BUTUS, Madrono, Madrone 



Trees with thick, evergreen, alternate leaves. Flowers 

 white, in terminal panicles. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Corolla 

 urn-shaped, with 5 recurved teeth, and large honey-glands 

 near the base. Stamens 10 ; anthers flattened, with a pair of 

 horns on the back below the summit. Ovary raised on a disk, 

 o-celled. Fruit, when ripe, a round red berry with a rough, 

 tubercled surface, edible but rather dry. 



A. Menzie'sii Pursh. This is a beautiful tree or sometimes a 

 shrub, with smooth, brownish red bark, which peels off in the sum- 

 mer. The leaves are large, oblong, serrate, bright green above, pale 

 beneath. The tree is beautiful at all times ; when in bloom fra- 

 grant and adorned with large panicles* of flowers like lilies of the 

 valley ; in autumn gorgeous with the large clusters of fruit, varying 

 in color from greenish yellow to bright scarlet, as large as green 

 peas. In the Coast Mountains and Sierra foothills to Puget Sound. 



m. ARCTOSTAPH'YLOS, KinniMnick, Manzanita 



Shrubs with alternate, evergreen leaves and smooth bark 

 that peels off in summer. Flowers white or pink, variously 

 clustered. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Corolla urn-shaped, with 

 5 recurved teeth and large honey-glands near the base. 

 Stamens 10, anthers flattened, with a pair of horns on the back 

 at the summit. Ovary raised on a disk, 5-celled. Fruit a 

 berry, containing stony seeds that are separable or cohere 

 into one. 



